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Prep Time: 15 Minutes Cook Time: 25 Minutes |
Ready In: 40 Minutes Servings: 8 |
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A wonderful and different apple dessert. Ingredients:
1/2 cup sugar, plus |
2 tablespoons sugar |
1/2 cup water |
2 baking apples (golden delicious or jonagold are good) |
3/4 cup flour |
1 teaspoon baking powder |
1/2 teaspoon salt |
1/4 cup shortening (crisco is good) |
6 tablespoons milk or 6 tablespoons half-and-half cream |
1 tablespoon butter |
1/4-1/2 teaspoon cinnamon |
Directions:
1. Set oven to 450 degrees.
2. In a small saucepan, heat water & 1/2 cup sugar to boiling; reduce the heat, simmer for 5 minutes.
3. Peel and core, and cut the apples in half; place in a shallow greased baking dish; pour the sugar mixture over the apples.
4. In a medium bowl, combine the flour, baking powder and salt; cut in the shortening with a pastry blender until crumbly.
5. Stir in the milk to make dough.
6. Top each apple half with a mound of dough (cover the apple well with the mound of dough).
7. Make a hollow in the center of each mound of dough.
8. Mix together the butter, remaining 2 tablespoons of sugar, and the cinnamon; spoon in hollows of dough.
9. Bake for 25-30 minutes, or until apples are tender.
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